Monday, November 27, 2006

Manchester

My son's boss phoned last night and asked if he could go up to Manchester today. He had to set off
around 6:30 this morning. He took the M6 toll because that's close to where we live, it is
easier than driving down to the normal M6. He'll be able to claim the money back - they seem
to be able to claim most things back where he works.

He's going to have to drive all the way back for college on thursday. It would have been better
if he'd had to go last week because he didn't have college then.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Fiat Summer Time

I've just noticed that I never changed the clock on my desk, it was still on summer time. Igot it from bloke who was the predecessor to the project manager before the one we've got now. I think he bought a new Fiat and got the clock with it. When he left I got a lot of the stuff from his desk.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Milk

There were two almost empty bottles of milk in the kitchen and another bottle which was about three quarters full. It looks like people couldn't be bothered emptying the bottles because they would have to rinse them and put them away. When the next person goes to the fridge they'll see the nearly full bottle and use that and ignore the almost empty ones.

Sticky Tape

I went to Makro last night, bought some scotch tape. You can only buy it with the cheap plastic dispensers. We've got one of the solid ones at home. I put the tape on the proper dispenser. The cheap "no brand" tape fits in the plastic dispenser quite well. The dispenser is branded 'scotch' so you can't tell. The proper scotch tape has a plastic reel in the middle but the cheaper one is only cardboard. It still fits in the dispenser though. It might be a bit of a tighter fit. You can't tell that it's not the right tape. I could probably sell it for a profit!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Driving Test

Our daughter didn't pass her driving test yesterday. There were a few minors such as hesitation and the reverse turn, which might be a major I don't know. There was a person indicating to turn right at island but they changed their mind and veered over and cut her up. It shook her up a bit.

She has already paid more than our son for lessons, she did that intensive course and has had more lessons.

She has also had a second interview for that job she went for so it isn't all bad news.